Sam
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Sam's first experience in the world of heavy metal was convincing his mother to buy him a Limp Bizkit cassette from his local Sam Goody. In his defense, he was twelve, and he soon realized the error of his ways once he started to actually listen to it. But once he impulse-bought Black Sabbath's Paranoid a few years later, his brain was set aflame with a lust for all things heavy. Sam's been on a never-ending quest for the most monstrous of riffs ever since, and while he's found a myriad of bands to worship, he will never be satisfied. When not slaving away on this site, he spends his time shackled to schoolwork and graduate research in New York City.
Reviews
Saint Vitus – Lillie: F-65
If you call yourself a fan of doom metal and haven't yet experienced the plodding, depressive jams of scene forefathers Saint Vitus, there's something seriously wrong...
Reviews
Municipal Waste – The Fatal Feast
I can't remember how many fantastic parties I've been to that have been soundtracked by Municipal Waste. Cuts like "Unleash The Bastards" and "Born...
Reviews
Ahab – The Giant
I should really finish Moby Dick one of these days. Aside from being one of the defining works of the Western literary canon, heralded...
Reviews
Candlemass – Psalms for the Dead
It's impossible not to know doom metal without knowing Candlemass. Originally formed in 1984 in Sweden, the band arguably coined the very name "doom...
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Rozamov – Rozamov
Starting out with the slow-building "Cryostasis," invoking an almost post-rocky sense of crescendo, Rozamov's debut EP displays an excellent sense of dynamics. The track...
Interviews
Alcest (Neige) Interview
"I think reality is always subjective, and we don't know what is for real apart from the fact [that] we see it with our eyes, we smell it, touch it, but we don't know more."
Reviews
Hour of 13 – 333
I really love this new string of 70's-revival occultist metal, but a lot of it leans a bit too far towards the "rock" end...
Interviews
Inquisition (Dagon) Interview
"...We're the luckiest guys in black metal, really. And our loyalty is to keep giving you the true Inquisition sound, and keep you guys happy."
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The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
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“The songs you love, but not played well” – An Interview with Devin Townsend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPb_jsnY2I
Get Ready for Wacken 2023
Get ready to unleash your metal power because Wacken Open Air is back with a bang for its 2023 edition! Mark your calendars for...